Final December, WhatsApp rolled out the flexibility to pin messages inside one-on-one conversations and group chats, however you possibly can solely pin one message in a dialog. That modifications now since Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and WhatsApp head Will Cathcart have introduced that customers can now pin as much as three messages in particular person and group chats.
Customers can pin several types of messages, together with textual content, photos, and polls. To pin a message, it’s essential to long-press on it, choose “Pin” from the menu, and choose the length. The message shall be pinned for seven days by default, however you can too pin it for twenty-four hours or 30 days. After that length, the message shall be routinely unpinned if it is not manually unpinned.
Additionally, if you click on on the pinned message, you possibly can navigate to that total message within the dialog.
when you like pinning a message, you’re going to like pinning three
📌 as a result of now you can pin as much as 3 messages in your chats
— WhatsApp (@WhatsApp) March 21, 2024
In group chats, group admins can enable members to pin messages, and when a message is pinned, all members of that group are notified about it. Nonetheless, customers becoming a member of a bunch after a message is pinned will not see it. Those that do not have the group chat historical past or deleted the message earlier than it was pinned will not see it both.